Thomas Bennett (lord mayor)

English merchant

Arms of the City of London

Sir Thomas Bennet (1543–1627) was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1603–04.

A leading member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, Bennet was elected an Alderman of the City of London for Vintry Ward on 7 February 1594. He was Sheriff of London for 1594–95 and Master of the Mercers' Company in 1595–96. He became Master Mercer again in 1602, and, in 1603, Bennet was elected Lord Mayor of London.

Bennet was knighted by King James I on 26 July 1603 and in 1604 he was elected Alderman of Lime Street Ward, serving until 1612. He was President of the Royal Bethlem and Bridewell Hospitals from 1606 to 1613 and in 1610 became Master Mercer again. In 1612 he transferred as Alderman for Bassishaw Ward which he represented until 1627. He was also President of St Bartholomew's Hospital from 1623 until his death on 20 February 1627.[1]

In 1616, he purchased the manor of Calverton, Buckinghamshire.[2]

His elder surviving son, Sir Simon Bennet was created a baronet upon his death in 1627.[3] His younger son, Richard Bennet and his wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Matthew Cradock, are ancestors of the Marquesses of Salisbury; Richard Bennet's widow married secondly Sir Heneage Finch, Speaker of the House of Commons.[4]

His daughter Mary married Richard Lewknor and had Sir John Lewknor (1623–1669) who married Anne (d. 1704), daughter George Mynne of Abisham in Surrey and the second cousin of Nicholas Mynne. Anne married secondly Sir William Morley.[5][6]

## See also[edit]

* List of Lord Mayors of London

## References[edit]

1. ^ 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
2. ^ William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Calverton". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4\. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 308–311.
3. ^ 'Notes on the Aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
4. ^ www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
5. ^ Sussex Archaeological Society (1850). Sussex Archaeological Collections, Illustrating the History and Antiquities ... Harvard University. p. 99.
6. ^ "MORLEY, Sir William (1639-1701), of Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Burke's Peerage & Baronetage

Civic offices

Preceded by

Sir Robert Lee

|  Lord Mayor of London
1603-04  | Succeeded by

Sir Thomas Lowe

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States